How to Take Mobile Donations

By the end of this year, there are going to be more mobile devices than the number of people in the whole world. Wow. Nearly a quarter of web traffic is coming from mobile devices too. That means a lot of people are visiting your fundraising site on their mobile phones. Is your fundraising site […]

New Guide: Grants for Online Fundraising & Crowdfunding

Grants can be used for many purposes, including supporting your online fundraising and crowdfunding. Grants can range in size from a few hundred dollars to millions of dollars, depending on the source, type, and purpose of the grant. Over $47 billion is given to nonprofits every year. Our comprehensive guide gives you an overview of grants, […]

The Golden Rule In Making Audiences Care

Andrew Stanton is one of the greatest storytellers in making audiences care. He’s the writer of all three Toy Story films as well as Wall-E, Finding Nemo, and John Carter. Stanton knows every story comes forth by blood, sweat, and tears. He carefully designs stories to draw people in. What’s the one rule that he […]

New Guide: Social Media Influencers

Social media influencers are powerful; getting one on your side can turbocharge your campaign. But how do you find them? How do you engage them? And who the heck are these people anyway? Read our free guide to find out how to use social media influencers to power your online fundraising or crowdfunding campaign. Click here […]

Nonprofit Technology Conference Content Marketing Session

Since launching CauseVox, we’ve been going to the Nonprofit Technology Conference. It’s an amazing conference with actionable sessions about fundraising, marketing, and nonprofit leadership. This year, we’ve pitched a proposal to speak at the 2014 Nonprofit Technology Conference (hopefully this will be our 3rd year speaking!) on content marketing/fundraising. Could you help us get there? You […]

How to Write a Blog Post in 30 minutes

Blogging at your nonprofit is one of the best ways to keep your support base updated on what’s happening as well as to show the impact that your work is having on making the world a better place. Telling stories helps you improve SEO and even get more donations too! But unfortunately, usually, someone who […]

What Social Work Taught Me about Online Fundraising

You can imagine I learned a lot about people and what makes them tick as a social work student interning in the juvenile court. I studied Counseling Psychology in graduate school (although funny enough, I have only taken social work jobs thus far) with an opportunity to counsel 13 to 17-year-old youth. Time after time […]

This Changes Everything: Video Storytelling on Instagram

In the past, Instagram has solely been an app for photos, but with the recently added video option, well, this changes everything! Just a few weeks ago, Instagram launched a new addition to their app – a movie camera icon located beside the camera icon. This feature allows users to take 3 to 15-second videos […]

Do’s and Don’ts for Nonprofit Video Fundraising

Video speaks to us in a way that other medias can’t – they can draw you in and make you feel connected like you are really there, and really a part of the story. And so they are powerful tools for nonprofit fundraising. And in our current internet age, distribution and access are better than […]